Thermodynamics

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What is the 1st law of Thermodynamics?

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it just changes forms.

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What is the 2nd law of Thermodynamics?

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Every time energy changes form, some of it is lost to the environment.

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What is the Fahrenheit scale?

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The temperature scale that is used only in America and 2 countries in the Caribbean.

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What is specific heat?

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The amount of energy it takes to raise one gram of a substance by one degree Celsius.

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What is the unit for specific heat?

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cal/gram degrees Celsius.

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What does the term 'thermodynamics' refer to?

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The branch of physics that deals with the relationships between heat and other forms of energy.

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What is thermal equilibrium?

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A state in which two bodies in contact with each other exchange no heat energy.

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What is conduction?

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The transfer of heat through a material without the movement of the material itself.

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What is convection?

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The transfer of heat by the movement of fluids (liquids or gases).

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What is radiation?

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The transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves.